zagatoes30
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First job on a winters morning lighting one of these in the kitchen before breakfast - at weekends dad would light the real fire but only if we had chopped the wood
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mjheathcote
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Yep kids have no idea these days. The lack of how anything works, and wanting to know how anything works, really annoys me!
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There is hope - 9 year old grandson helping refit the rad ducting in the DS. Knows about XYZ coordinates- much more than I did at that age.
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And these - a hot day, open the door, immediately wind down the windows and drive away quickly to get some air in the car….fans in those days didn’t do much and of course no airco unless it was an American car. Driving in summer was like jogging, you arrive smelly and in a sweat, especially if there was traffic - which admittedly there was less of then.
zagatoes30
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Keep fit windows, my girls love these in the Fulvia and Giulietta they constantly play with them just like I did when my Dad got a Granada which had electric windows
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You also put the fan on fully and the heater temperature to fully hot and open the windows at the first sign of a traffic jam or risk overheating and then sat at the roadside waiting to cool the rad. No electric fans then, only engine driven ones.Your put the fan on fully and you got a face full of dead insects and vegetation
There were upsides to this however, as with no “Services” to speak of and certainly no drive thru McDonalds or Starbucks, thus gave you time to get the camping gaz burner out from the boot with the little aluminium travel kettle and make a quick brew in the layby. After all, you had been dragged from your bed asleep at 4am and bundled into the back seat as dad wanted an early start to beat the traffic, but everyone had the same idea. Happy memories of holidays as a kid.
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Sunday tomorrow...can't beat a bit of bully after Sunday dinner...don't forget your charity money is safe.
Nibby
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Lets have a look what you coulda won.
Tallman
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Funny you should post that painting of the Chinese Lady by Vladimir Tretchikoff. I saw the original today, it’s owned by a London jeweller named Laurence Graff who owns a wine estate/hotel named Delaire Graff near me where it is on display. Beautiful place with stunning views for some wine tasting, a must if you are ever in the area.
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3200s...
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That is a pretty accurate description of my childhood with my parents!
Harry
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Yes, I remember all of those, but it was 10 year old boys with flares riding the choppers.
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Thanks for the nod - will check it out sometime. Back in the '70s we had three Tretchikoff prints hung up in our hallway, and another up on the landing done in the same style by another artist, it was a painting of Sofia Loren. When my Dad died five years ago we cleared out his flat and found a copy of the Chinese lady, my sister took it to the local charity shop before I had a chance to bag it!
Some more blasts from the past....
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Joking aside, there was a sense of achievement if our car made it from North London to North Devon, driving around all week and back to North London on our annual holiday without breaking down. The amount of cars we would see with the bonnet up and steam pouring out.